Air-entrainment problem in self-compacting concrete

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-147

  Szwabowski, Janusz ^a   Lazniewska Piekarczyk, Beata ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air entraining admixture; Air entrainment; Concrete porosity structure; Frost resistance; Selfcompacting concrete (SCC); Superplasticizer

Indexed keywords

AIR PORES; AIR-ENTRAINING ADMIXTURE; CONCRETE POROSITY; CONCRETE POROSITY STRUCTURE; CONCRETE SAMPLES; CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY; ENTRAINMENT EFFECTS; FLOWABILITY; LIQUID PHASE; POROSITY STRUCTURE; PROBLEMATIC ISSUES; SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE; SELFCOMPACTING CONCRETE (SCC); SHAPE AND SIZE; SIDE EFFECT; SUPERPLASTICIZER; SUPERPLASTICIZERS; SURFACE TENSION VALUES;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; CONCRETE TESTING; FROST RESISTANCE; POROSITY; POWDERS; SURFACE TENSION;

CONCRETES;

EID: 67949094529     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1392-3730.2009.15.137-147     Document Type: Article

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